Geeking out with Google Scripts and Forms

Google Forms - part of Google Apps, helps you gather and organize data into a Google Spreadsheet
Overview video of Google Forms
www.google.com/apps/collaboration

Using forms in your school:
Teachers - classroom activities, data collection, assessments
Administrators - data collection, observations, discipline forms, anecdotal notes
Guidance - data collection, completing weekly/daily forms about bullying

Login to your Google Account, go to Google Drive, then click Create and choose "form" from list
Demos available - http://goo.gl/Cu53D
http://goo.gl/L5Jtk

Important features -
Top left "Add Item" and choose item type
Duplicate (top right of each item)
Edit (top right of each item)
Save

See handout for examples of created forms that teachers, administrators, and guidance counselors in Charlottesville City are using Google Forms.

Google Ninja - ***Really neat*** They have about a 90% + participation rate from teachers striving to earn belts.
https://sites.google.com/a/charlottesvilleschools.org/googleninjas/
Do a Google search for Google Ninja program

http://tbarrett.edublogs.org - lots of forms available to use

Ideas for forms
-Intervention log
-Homework check
-Preassessing before a lesson
-Admin walkthroughs
-Exit ticket
-First day of school activity - get to know your students

Google Scripts

Flubaroo - quick & instant feedback - will grade assessments quickly

Doctopus - Gives teachers the ability to auto-generage, pre-share, and manage grading feedback on templated Docs - look into this for AFE form www.youpd.org/doctopus

formMule (aka "The Mule") - allows different calendars to talk to each other - look into this for computer labs, carts, etc. - can use to reserve spaces www.youpd.org/formmule

Google Snooze for Google Mail

Gmail Merge www.youpd.org/autocrat

www.edCode.org
www.youpd.org

See attached presentation